Enborne Copse

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Enborne Copse
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location within Berkshire
Location Berkshire
Grid reference SU 433 660 [1]
Coordinates 51°23′28″N1°22′44″W / 51.391°N 1.379°W / 51.391; -1.379
InterestBiological
Area11.9 hectares (29 acres) [1]
Notification 1985 [1]
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Enborne Copse is a 11.9-hectare (29-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Newbury in Berkshire. It is a Nature Conservation Review site. [1] [2]

Contents

The current woodland boundary is almost identical to that shown on Rocque's map of Berkshire in 1761, but most of it is now a conifer plantation and only the area designated as an SSSI retains its semi-natural broad leaved woodland. [3]

Flora

The site has the following flora: [3] [4]

Trees

Other plants

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Enborne Copse". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  2. "Map of Enborne Copse". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  3. 1 2 "SITE NAME: ENBORNE COPSE" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  4. "Condition of SSSI Units for Site Enborne Copse SSSI". Natural England. Retrieved 9 March 2017.